All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 45
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Sisk boosts membership with group personal pensions
[13:50 CEST 16-10] IRELAND – The Dublin-based pension fund of Ireland’s largest general contracting company, John Sisk & Son, has found replacing its trust based defined contribution (DC) scheme has boosted take-up rates among Irish employees.
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Hitchen adds voice to Solvency II criticism
UK – Chris Hitchen, chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) and chief executive of Railpen Investments, has become the latest critic of the Solvency II regime. He told a conference today that applying it to pension funds would amount to “killing the goose”.
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Mn Services eyes more fiduciary growth
NETHERLANDS – Global financial heavyweights operating in the Dutch fiduciary market are no threat to local pension providers, asset manager Mn Services has argued.
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Romanian 2nd pillar gains new provider
ROMANIA – Bucharest-based Bancpost bank has launched a new division called its Bancpost Fond De Pensii, targeting Romania's new mandatory second pillar market.
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RBS man takes ABN Amro chair
[14:00 CEST 11-10] NETHERLANDS – Mark Fisher, board member at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), will replace Rijkman Groenink as chairman of ABN Amro, amid a number of changes to the Dutch bank’s board.
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Wednesday people roundup
[16:00 CEST 10-10] GLOBAL – Wednesday people roundup: Swisscanto, Pimco, Janus, Cardano, SWIP, Pictet, Schroders, Board Functioning Index, Greenbay, Aegon, Aberdeen.
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UK pest controller taps Standard Life
[15:53 CEST 10-10] UK – The £587m (€847m) pension fund of pest control firm Rentokil Initial has awarded Standard Life Investments (SLI) with a £340m UK corporate bond mandate, in a massive shift into bond investments.
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TNO considers commodities
[12:00 CEST 10-10] NETHERLANDS - Pensioenfonds TNO, the €2bn pension fund of the applied scientific research institute, has said it is considering to diversify its portfolio further by investing in commodities.
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Hermes brands German law 'counterproductive'
[17:00 CEST 09-10] GERMANY – Hermes, the BT pension fund-owned asset manager, has warned planned German legislation to curb co-operation between investors could weaken corporate governance standards.
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Deficit set to hit Swedish buffer funds
[15:15 CEST 09-10] SWEDEN – A deficit is set to arise in 2009 between contributions into and benefits paid by the Swedish National Pension buffer funds, according to a new government report.
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ABP and PGGM invest in windmills and biomass
[16:45 CEST 08-10] NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension giants ABP and PGGM have made a combined €200m investment into a new sustainable energy fund set up together with sustainable energy project developer Evelop.
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MP seeks pensions rights for terminally-ill
[16:30 CEST 08-10] UK – MP for Preston Mark Hendrick is campaigning for reforms to give the terminally-ill access to their pensions at an earlier age.
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Personal Accounts Delivery Authority names chief
[16:15 CEST 08-10] UK – Tim Jones, a former chief executive of retail banking at the British NatWest bank, has been appointed as chief executive of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority, the government has announced today.
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PMA and Blue Sky target under-30s
[13:15 CEST 08-10] NETHERLANDS – The €1bn Dutch pharmacists pension fund PMA and Blue Sky Group, manager of the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' pension fund, are setting up new initiatives targeting the under-30s.
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West Sussex splits private equity holding
[16:30 CEST 05-10] UK – The £1.5bn (€2.2bn) West Sussex County Council pension fund has appointed the Swiss alternative investment house Partners Group as an additional private equity manager, IPE has learned today.
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BGI denies mandate loss
[16:30 CEST 05-10] UK – Asset manager Barclays Global (BGI) Investors has denied it is under review at electronics major Philips’ UK pension fund.
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Barclays drops ABN Amro bid
[16:15 CEST 05-10] UK – Barclays Bank today withdrew its offer on Dutch bank ABN Amro, clearing the way for the rival bid of banking consortium Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Fortis (RSF).
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Liechtenstein finally linked to Swiss security fund
LIECHTENSTEIN/SWITZERLAND – Liechtenstein’s second pillar pension schemes can definitely link into the Swiss pension protection fund, the Swiss senate has decided.
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Mercer sees threat to PPF
[16:00 CEST 04-10] UK – The UK Pension Protection Fund (PPF) could find itself unable to finance a future risk exposure if legislation does not change, according to consultancy firm Mercer.
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SRI lobby names most responsible pension funds
[15:30 CEST 04-10] UK – Shareholder pressure group UK Socially Responsible Investment Forum (UKSIF) has named the three pension funds that have the most socially responsible investments in the UK’s pension arena.
